Re: Quick about Current

From Hunter
> Send you up2date config file to the list. It looks like port skew
> 
  Just as a question, if the ports were skewed, then how could the
rhn_register succeed?  

Here's the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date on the client.

<start config file

storageDir[comment]=Where to store packages and other data when they are
retrieved
storageDir=/var/spool/up2date

networkSetup[comment]=None
networkSetup=1

headerCacheSize[comment]=The maximum number of rpm headers to cache in ram
headerCacheSize=40

httpProxy[comment]=HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g.
squid.redhat.com:3128
httpProxy=

debug[comment]=Whether or not debugging is enabled
debug=1

useGPG[comment]=Use GPG to verify package integrity
useGPG=1

networkRetries[comment]=Number of attempts to make at network connections
before giving up
networkRetries=5

removeSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including 
wildcards that up2date will not remove
removeSkipList=kernel*;

retrieveOnly[comment]=Retrieve packages only
retrieveOnly=1

keepAfterInstall[comment]=Keep packages on disk after installation
keepAfterInstall=1

enableProxy[comment]=Use a HTTP Proxy
enableProxy=0

proxyUser[comment]=The username for an authenticated proxy
proxyUser=

proxyPassword[comment]=The password to use for an authenticated proxy
proxyPassword=
headerFetchCount[comment]=The maximimum number of rpm headers to fetch at
once
headerFetchCount=10

versionOverride[comment]=Override the automatically determined system
version
versionOverride=

useNoSSLForPackages[comment]=Use the noSSLServerURL for package, package
list, and header fetching
useNoSSLForPackages=0

enableProxyAuth[comment]=To use an authenticated proxy or not
enableProxyAuth=0

noSSLServerURL[comment]=Remote server URL without SSL
noSSLServerURL=http://red-dog.cs.utk.edu:8080

noReplaceConfig[comment]=When selected, no packages that would change
configuration data are automatically installed
noReplaceConfig=1

noBootLoader[comment]=To disable modification of the boot loader (lilo,
silo, etc)
noBootLoader=0

systemIdPath[comment]=Location of system id
systemIdPath=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid

serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://red-dog.cs.utk.edu:8081

pkgSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including
wildcards, to skip
pkgSkipList=kernel*;

adminAddress[comment]=List of e-mail addresses for update agent to
communicate with when run in batch mode
adminAddress=root@localhost;

forceInstall[comment]=Force package installation, ignoring package, file
and config file skip list
forceInstall=0 
 
fileSkipList[comment]=A list of file names, optionally including
wildcards, to skip
fileSkipList=;

retrieveSource[comment]=Retrieve source RPM along with binary package
retrieveSource=0

<end up2date file

From John
> Not to sound like a broken record, but can you as well increase the
> logging level of the server, and send the logs and the traceback?

And the logs from the server.  Logging was set to 2.

<start log

Feb 02 11:35:20 Attempting to fork() into the background...
Feb 02 11:35:20 Sucessfully fork()ed
Feb 02 11:35:20 Starting up Backend
Feb 02 11:35:20 Starting Up Server
Feb 02 11:35:23 Requesting: up2date.login
Feb 02 11:35:23 Dispatching: up2date.login
Feb 02 11:35:23 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3523 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3523 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:23 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3524 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3524 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:24 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3525 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3525 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:25 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3526 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3526 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:26 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3528 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3528 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:28 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:35:50 Requesting: up2date.login
Feb 02 11:35:50 Dispatching: up2date.login
Feb 02 11:35:50 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3550 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3550 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:50 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3551 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3551 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:51 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3552 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3552 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:52 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3553 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3553 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:53 sendClientResult() finished
Feb 02 11:3554 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
98 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 92, in do_GET
    tmp = self.parseGetPath(connInfo['path'])
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 123, in parseGetPath
    raise Exception('Invalid GET path, too few/many elements')
Exception: Invalid GET path, too few/many elements
Feb 02 11:3554 : EXCEPTION in /usr/share/current/standalone.py, do_GET(),
110 [logException()]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/current/standalone.py", line 103, in do_GET
    log('Requesting: %s' % method, DEBUG)
NameError: method
Feb 02 11:35:54 sendClientResult() finished

<End of log

Thanks again,

James

> On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 02:30, James Nolie Hughes wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> >   You guys are quick.  I was working on installing 0.9.4 this morning...
> > and tonight I found that 0.9.5-1 is out.  
> > 
> >   I think I have done everything in the documentation, and I am having a
> > slight problem.  I have gotten to the point where I can run rhn_register
> > and it registers through the current server and not through RedHat.  So, I
> > tried to get the up2date list...
> > 
> >   [root@client rhn]# up2date -l
> >   Retrieving list of all available packages...
> >   There was a fatal error communicating with the server.  The message was:
> >   400: "Error while makeing xmlrpc call" while attempting to get
> >   $RHN/redhat-i386-7.2/listPackages/20020214014704
> > 
> >   And up2date --showall gives more involved traceback. 
> > 
> >   Currently, I have 0.9.5 installed, but this morning, I was getting the 
> > same error with 0.9.4.  
> > 
> >   Ok, now for the info about the install.  Both times, I grabbed the
> > src.rpm's.  I installed 'em, and then went to the spec file and did rpm
> > -bb specfile, and install the rpm that it made.  I editted
> > /etc/current.conf with the relevant parts being....
> > 
> > 
> > [current]
> > valid_channels = redhat-i386-7.2
> > #log_file = ./current.log
> > #pid_file = ./current.pid
> > log_level = 2
> > http_port = 8080
> > https_port = 8081
> > key_file = ./current.pem
> > 
> > [redhat72]
> > label = redhat-i386-7.2
> > name = Redhat 7.2
> > parent_channel =
> > arch = i386
> > os_release = 7.2
> > description = Redhat 7.2
> > rpm_dirs = /mnt/current/7.2/RedHat/RPMS
> > xrpm_dirs =
> > src_dirs = /mnt/src
> > db_dir = /etc/current/db_current
> > 
> > Ah... ran cadmin -v create redhat-i386-7.2.  Created the
> > create_certificate script, and distributed the certificate.  Started up
> > the server, and then rhn_register'ed on the clients... Also, changed the
> > up2date and rhn_register conf files on the clients.  
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > James
> > 
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> > 
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